I still think that’s just about the best resolution you can make, but this year I want to throw down another challenge…

Fuck the gym. Sod pointlessly pedaled hours on a bike that doesn’t move. Balls to lifting things you’re only lifting for the sake of loading bored muscles.

This year, instead of all that utter pointlessness, take on something new. Learn to kite surf, become proficient on the static trapeze, cycle across France, take on the skate park, earn some belts in Kung Fu, take up tap dancing.

Just because you’re a grown up doesn’t mean you have to stop learning new physical skills.

Yes, you’ll end up fitter, healthier, and slimmer – or whatever you were after – but you won’t have trashed hours of 2012 in the empty pursuit of a smaller arse.

So pick something that excites you. It doesn’t matter what it is, only that it doesn’t feel like a chore.

And remember: if you’re not having fun you’re not doing it right.

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Really brilliant observation, I made the usual mundane list of resolutions, keep cyling, keep using the body etc., and you’re right it looked as boring as hell, so I added, take up skipping, and do a bike mechanic course. By the end of the year I want to be skipping like a pro boxer while changing my bottom bracket. Roll on 2012!!! Cheers.